Problems with Siemens BIT-II phone...

[GJCampbell]

Hi,

This is my first post so please be kind...! Last week I was daft enough to lend my wife my car while hers was being serviced. Unfortunately she thought it would be a good idea to transport a large bucket of seawater in the boot without a lid on it. As you can imagine, the inevitable happened... The rear left audio/nav/telephone compartment took most of the damage and the amp and telephone module were both submerged.

Amazingly the amp started working again after it dried out but the telephone is definitely dead. So, I bought a module off eBay thinking it would be a simple swap...nope! It won't pair to the handset and no amount of turning on and off the ignition and playing with the console switch for 15/8/2 seconds has helped.

I wonder if the wiring connector (P/N 6 921 883) is damaged as it is quite clogged and full of rusty bits. However, I haven't managed to find a replacement for love nor money. I was hoping you guys might be able to help me track one down...and if anyone can help with pairing the handset to the base I'd be extremely grateful...!

Many thanks,

Gordon.

[dlclarke]

Originally Posted by GJCampbell

Hi,

This is my first post so please be kind...! Last week I was daft enough to lend my wife my car while hers was being serviced. Unfortunately she thought it would be a good idea to transport a large bucket of seawater in the boot without a lid on it. As you can imagine, the inevitable happened... The rear left audio/nav/telephone compartment took most of the damage and the amp and telephone module were both submerged.

Amazingly the amp started working again after it dried out but the telephone is definitely dead. So, I bought a module off eBay thinking it would be a simple swap...nope! It won't pair to the handset and no amount of turning on and off the ignition and playing with the console switch for 15/8/2 seconds has helped.

I wonder if the wiring connector (P/N 6 921 883) is damaged as it is quite clogged and full of rusty bits. However, I haven't managed to find a replacement for love nor money. I was hoping you guys might be able to help me track one down...and if anyone can help with pairing the handset to the base I'd be extremely grateful...!

Many thanks,

Gordon.

Salt water! The car is probably a write off. Not kidding (and I am being nice). Its impossible to get rid of fully and will promote corrosion for years to come. Ouch!!! Did you consider insurance? Have you allowed the wife back in the house yet?

That said, Car telephone connection cable BMW X5 E53, X5 4.4i (M62) you want cable 1 I think, no part number here, but the stealer could probably find it for you - or you can look it up from this site without the VIN number and find it that way. You will have to pull the interior out to replace this cable, one end is under your arm rest, the other end in the boot. Or a breaker(or where you got you Bit II box)

How much other stuff is damaged will be hard to know, but will probably result in problems for years to come.

You also need to re-code for the Bit II and the pairing procedure is a bit tricky but is covered here somewhere. I pulled mine out, and deleted the links to it I had collected. Dealer may have to recode the unit for your car or NavCoder may do it.

[GJCampbell]

She's been allowed back in the house but not back in the car..! I'm pretending the amp is still hosed so that I can get hold of a MKIV nav computer...by pretending it's the new amp...

The conversion harness for the BIT-II is a short stubby thing and only goes between the BIT-II box and another wire that presumably goes to the console...

Maybe it's time to consider other options...? I'd welcome opinions on what might be best... I would like to retain the voice interface and the integration with the car speakers though...

Cheers,

Gordon.